Sanctuary Records Group is proud to announce that legendary rock icons
KISS add another GOLD record to their lead as the RIAA title holder
for No. 1
American group GOLD RECORD champions of all time. The debut album from
KISS Records/Sanctuary Records, KISS Symphony: Alive IV has shipped
GOLD, prior to the upcoming release date of July 22. Unlike anything
recorded or released before by the rock icons, KISS Symphony: Alive
IV, captures one of the world's greatest performing rock bands with
the prestigious 60-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (arranged and
conducted by David Campbell),
live before a sold-out crowd from Australia's Telstra Dome while on
the 2003 tour. The energy packed two-disc set features twenty-two newly
recorded live
tracks featuring ten classic KISS tracks backed by the 60-piece Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra, six never-performed-live acoustic versions of KISS
classics with the Melbourne Symphony String Ensemble and six raw classic
KISS tracks sans orchestra. This spectacular concert event proved to
be a memorable show highlighted by the Melbourne Symphony orchestra
appearing in full KISS makeup and will be released as a DVD, KISS Symphony
on September 9. Over their illustrious 30-year career, KISS has sold
over 80 million albums, played thousands of spectacular SRO tours and
continues to garner a succession of gold and platinum awards The rock
legends promise to carry on the KISS tradition with a fiery spectacle
of power, pomp, and circumstance as they prepare for "THE Summer
Tour of 2003" along with fellow rock comrades Aerosmith, which
blasts off at the Meadows Music Theatre in
Hartford, CT. on August 2.
www.myruin.com Cheap Trick On Conan This
Thursday
Cheap Trick will perform "Scent of a Woman" - their single
from their new release "Special One" - this Thursday, July
24 on NBC's "Late Night with
Conan O'Brien." Check your local listings for broadcast time in
your area.Today (July 22) Cheap Trick releases "Special One,"
its first studio
album in six years, via Big 3 Records.
Cheap Trick is also due to perform Aug. 2 at the American Bowl in Tokyo.
The game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Jets will
be the first official National Football League exhibition match-up of
the 2003-2004 season. The game and the band's performance will be broadcast
live at 5 a.m.
ET on ESPN2 and rebroadcast at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Cake and Cheap Trick will headline the second annual Unlimited Sunshine
tour, kicking off Sept. 2 in Atlanta. The 14-date North American trek
will also feature Charlie Louvin of the Louvin Brothers, the Detroit
Cobras and the Hackensaw Boys.
Here are the Unlimited Sunshine tour dates:
Sept. 2: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Sept. 4: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Sept. 5: Philadelphia (Electric Factory)
Sept. 6: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)
Sept. 7: Boston (Orpheum)
Sept. 9: Columbus, Ohio (PromoWest Pavilion)
Sept. 10: Chicago (Riviera Theatre)
Sept. 11: Minneapolis (Orpheum Theatre)
Sept. 12: Omaha, Neb. (Creighton University)
Sept. 13: Denver (Fillmore)
Sept. 16: Seattle (Moore Theater)
Sept. 17: Portland, Ore. (Roseland)
Sept. 19: San Francisco (Warfield)
Sept. 20: Los Angeles (TBD)